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Huge Arab Pressure Lobby
Maintained In Washington
See Story on Page 3
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CIA APPROACHES CLOSING WEEK
Ike Regrets Anti-Nasser
Amendment In Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON (JTA)--A White House spokesman
said this week that President Eisenhower considered
the "freedom of the seas" amendment in the foreign
aid authorization bill a "regrettable" move that might
affect American-Egyptian relations.
Mr. Eisenhower's views became
known wlien the White House an-
nounced that the President had
signed the bill immediately before
his departure Saturday for the
Summit meeting in Paris. The White
House revealed that Mr. Eisenhower
thought Congress erred in asking him
to consider severing aid to Egypt
because of that country's anti-Israel
shipping blockade and boycott.
In a statement on the new legi-
slation, issued by the White House,
Mr. Eisenhower said: "The act
embodies essentially all of the re-
quests I have put forward as
necessary for the successful con-
tinuation of the Mutual Security pro-
gram and, with one regrettable
exception, the Congress has resisted
the addition of amendments which
would adversely affect our foreign
relations or impair the administra-
tion of the program."
A White House spokesman said the
"regrettable" amendment Mr.
Eisenhower referred to was the
amendment that expressed condem-
nation of Nasser's anti-Israel ship-
ping restrictions in the Suez Canal
and elsewhere. In the amendment,
Congress asked the President to
sever aid to Egypt if Nasser con-
tinued his discriminatory practices.
State Department sources, mean-
while, revealed that the Department
acted at the personal direction of Mr.
Eisenhower when it fought the Doug-
las-Keating amendment, as the
measure was known. Chairman J.W.
Fulbright, of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, now in Israel,
was advised by cable of the Presi-
dent's statement, terming the
amendment "regrettable." Senator
Fulbright bitterly opposed the
amendment.
The amendment permits but does
not require the President to with-
hold aid from Arab countries as long
as the ban on Israeli shipping con-
tinues. The President's reference
to it was taken to mean that he
would not use this authority.
While congratulating Congress on
granting about 98 per cent of the
funds he had requested, Eisenhower
was clearly expecting the bigger
fight to come on the actual appro-
priation.
The President last month appealed
in a major televised address directly
to the people to make known their
support of the foreign aid program,
by means of letters to Senators and
Representatives. He is expected to
renew the appeal as Congress nears
a vote on the bill appropriating
money for the program.
4 American Leaders Point
To Plight Of Soviet Jews
NEW YORK�Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Justice
William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, and Dr.
Reinhold Niebuhr have appealed to world leaders
to consider seriously the situation of Soviet Jewry.
Douglas is an Associate Su-
preme Court Justice, Mr. Marshall
is Legal Counsel of the NAACP, and
Rev. Niebuhr is Professor of Ap-
plied Christianity at Union Theo-
logical Seminary.
In' a statement issued here, the
four signatories said: "At a time
when the minds and hearts of men
are bent toward serious efforts- to
enhance understanding among the
nations and to advance peace in the
world, we are moved, as a matter
of elementary conscience, to call
attention to an injustice which se-
riously disturbs the international
atmosphere and which requires hu-
mane redress.
"We speak of the discrimination
against the Jewish minority in the
Soviet Union--the pattern of dif-
ferential treatment to which Soviet
Phone AS 7-5000
RED CAB
Jews are subjected as an ethnic-
cultural and religious group. Such
discrimination stands in utter con-
tradiction to the ideological back-
ground of the USSR, as well as to
its constitutional and legal frame-
work. No less is it offensive to all
men of good will and good con-
science conerned with the rights
of minorities everywhere," the
statement emphasized.
The four distinguished civil lib-
ertarians cite the fact that though
the Jews are specifically recognized
as a "nationality" in the Soviet
Union, "they are the only group
X>{ this kind which since 1948 has
been deprived by official policy
of any of the attendant rights ac-
corded to all other nationalities
in the Soviet Union." These in-
clude schools, newspapers, pub-
lishing houses and theatres in the
national language, and instruction
in the cultural and historical tra-
ditions of the people.
The statement also notes that
religious Jews are hampered in
the practice of their religion by
Continued on Poge Eight
THE JEWISH
VOL. XV No. 40 THURS. MAY 19, i960 Price Ten Cents
Commencement June 12...
Brandeis To Honor Ten
With Academic Degrees
Ten outstanding personalities from the fields
of science, art, social service and international
politics will receive honorary degrees at the ninth
Commencement exercises at Brandeis University on
Sunday, June 12. The theme of the 1960 Commencement
is "The Quest for Peace."
Nobel Peace Prize winners P.J.
Noel-Baker and Ralph Bunche and
world-famed artists Marian
Anderson and Marc Chagall head the
list of distinguished guests, each a
foremost authority in his field, who
have long been actively involved in
the behind-the-scenes efforts for
peace throughout the world.
Others being honored include Dr.
Clarence E. Pickett, executive
secretary emeritus of the American
Friends Service Committee; Frank
P. Graham, United Nations Repre-
sentative for India and Pakistan;
Dr. Brock Chisholm, former Di-
rector-General of the World Health
Organization; Dr. James E. Shot-
well, professor of history at
Columbia University and President
Emeritus of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace; Dr. Joseph
J. Schwartz, Vice-President of the
State of Israel Bond Organization;
ENTERTAINER-----Emil Cohen,
comedian and raconteur, will be
featured at the Combined Jewish
Appeal Campaign Finale Thurs-
day night, May 26, at Sidney Hill
Country Club.
and Dr. Eugene I. Rabinowitch, noted
research professor at the University
of Illinois and former head of the
information section of the AEC
Laboratory in Chicago.
The Rt. Honorable Philip J. Noel-
Baker, Labor Party Spokesman for
Foreign Affairs in the British
Parliament and recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1959, will
deliver the Commencement Address
in the exercises in Adolph Ullman
Amphitheater on the Waltham
campus.
More than 300 Brandeis University
students from throughout the United
States and twelve foreign countries
will be awarded the degrees of
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts,
Master of Fine Arts, and Doctor
of Philosophy at the Commencement
exersises. Degree candidates in-
clude students from Canada, France,
Germany, Great Britian, Greece,
Hawaii, Hungary, Israel, Italy,
Korea, Morroco and Turkey.
Shapiro Asks
Final Effort
Only around the clock
effort by the volunteers
in the remaining week can
save the Combined Jewish
Appeal campaign, General
Chairman George Shapiro
announced this week.
"If we can bring in $1 million
dollars in the next few days, we will
have real cause for rejoicing at
the Campaign Finale dinner next
Thursday night, May 26, at Sidney
Hill Country Club," Chairman Sha-
piro said.
The fact that leaders in the com-
munity who are concerned with the
strength and stability of Jewish life
everywhere are responding gener-
ously was underscored at last week's
annual dinner of the Women's Wear
Division under the chairmanship of
Maxwell Shapiro.
In the final major fund raising din-
ner of the 1960 "campaign, 110
members of the industry pledged
$300,000, or ll�!o more than the men
gave a year ago. The dinner was a
"welcome home" to Mr. Maxwell
Shapiro, who presented a report on
his findings in Israel during his
recent first visit to the Holy land.
Pointing with pride to the achieve-
ments of the W o m e n^s Wear
Division, Chairman George Shapiro
stated that "although our fund rais-
ing meetings are over, we must not
lose sight of the fact that hundreds
of people have not made their con-
tributions simply because they have
not been approached. If these people
are solicited properly, I am certain
we shall achieve our objective and
raise the funds necessary to operate
our local, national, overseas and
Israeli institutions."
The Women's Wear dinner last
Thursday evening was reminiscent
of the dinners conducted for the
Combined Jewish Appeal in the mid
forties.
Women's Wear Division Chairman
Maxwell Shapiro, who returned from
his Israel visit "convinced that we
have never done enough" assured
Continued on Page Eight
Jl> We ttt. Sa
uing:
BY ROBERT E. SEGAL
When Private Censors
Alienate Good Citizens
The heartbreak that comes with the growing serious
problem created by unscrupulous magazine and book
publishers aggressively peddling smutty pictures and
reading matter to children has been � --
amply demonstrated by a symposium on
the subject recently conducted by the
Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Asso-
ciation, Massachusetts Council of Juven-
ile Court Judge, Greater Boston Council
For Youth, and the Boston College Law
School.
Students of the problem claim that the sale of black
pornography-----clearly ruled obscene and illegal by
the Supreme Court-----constitutes a $^000,000,000
Continued on Page Eight
MM

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Huge Arab Pressure Lobby
Maintained In Washington
See Story on Page 3
~� i i
CIA APPROACHES CLOSING WEEK
Ike Regrets Anti-Nasser
Amendment In Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON (JTA)--A White House spokesman
said this week that President Eisenhower considered
the "freedom of the seas" amendment in the foreign
aid authorization bill a "regrettable" move that might
affect American-Egyptian relations.
Mr. Eisenhower's views became
known wlien the White House an-
nounced that the President had
signed the bill immediately before
his departure Saturday for the
Summit meeting in Paris. The White
House revealed that Mr. Eisenhower
thought Congress erred in asking him
to consider severing aid to Egypt
because of that country's anti-Israel
shipping blockade and boycott.
In a statement on the new legi-
slation, issued by the White House,
Mr. Eisenhower said: "The act
embodies essentially all of the re-
quests I have put forward as
necessary for the successful con-
tinuation of the Mutual Security pro-
gram and, with one regrettable
exception, the Congress has resisted
the addition of amendments which
would adversely affect our foreign
relations or impair the administra-
tion of the program."
A White House spokesman said the
"regrettable" amendment Mr.
Eisenhower referred to was the
amendment that expressed condem-
nation of Nasser's anti-Israel ship-
ping restrictions in the Suez Canal
and elsewhere. In the amendment,
Congress asked the President to
sever aid to Egypt if Nasser con-
tinued his discriminatory practices.
State Department sources, mean-
while, revealed that the Department
acted at the personal direction of Mr.
Eisenhower when it fought the Doug-
las-Keating amendment, as the
measure was known. Chairman J.W.
Fulbright, of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, now in Israel,
was advised by cable of the Presi-
dent's statement, terming the
amendment "regrettable." Senator
Fulbright bitterly opposed the
amendment.
The amendment permits but does
not require the President to with-
hold aid from Arab countries as long
as the ban on Israeli shipping con-
tinues. The President's reference
to it was taken to mean that he
would not use this authority.
While congratulating Congress on
granting about 98 per cent of the
funds he had requested, Eisenhower
was clearly expecting the bigger
fight to come on the actual appro-
priation.
The President last month appealed
in a major televised address directly
to the people to make known their
support of the foreign aid program,
by means of letters to Senators and
Representatives. He is expected to
renew the appeal as Congress nears
a vote on the bill appropriating
money for the program.
4 American Leaders Point
To Plight Of Soviet Jews
NEW YORK�Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Justice
William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall, and Dr.
Reinhold Niebuhr have appealed to world leaders
to consider seriously the situation of Soviet Jewry.
Douglas is an Associate Su-
preme Court Justice, Mr. Marshall
is Legal Counsel of the NAACP, and
Rev. Niebuhr is Professor of Ap-
plied Christianity at Union Theo-
logical Seminary.
In' a statement issued here, the
four signatories said: "At a time
when the minds and hearts of men
are bent toward serious efforts- to
enhance understanding among the
nations and to advance peace in the
world, we are moved, as a matter
of elementary conscience, to call
attention to an injustice which se-
riously disturbs the international
atmosphere and which requires hu-
mane redress.
"We speak of the discrimination
against the Jewish minority in the
Soviet Union--the pattern of dif-
ferential treatment to which Soviet
Phone AS 7-5000
RED CAB
Jews are subjected as an ethnic-
cultural and religious group. Such
discrimination stands in utter con-
tradiction to the ideological back-
ground of the USSR, as well as to
its constitutional and legal frame-
work. No less is it offensive to all
men of good will and good con-
science conerned with the rights
of minorities everywhere," the
statement emphasized.
The four distinguished civil lib-
ertarians cite the fact that though
the Jews are specifically recognized
as a "nationality" in the Soviet
Union, "they are the only group
X>{ this kind which since 1948 has
been deprived by official policy
of any of the attendant rights ac-
corded to all other nationalities
in the Soviet Union." These in-
clude schools, newspapers, pub-
lishing houses and theatres in the
national language, and instruction
in the cultural and historical tra-
ditions of the people.
The statement also notes that
religious Jews are hampered in
the practice of their religion by
Continued on Poge Eight
THE JEWISH
VOL. XV No. 40 THURS. MAY 19, i960 Price Ten Cents
Commencement June 12...
Brandeis To Honor Ten
With Academic Degrees
Ten outstanding personalities from the fields
of science, art, social service and international
politics will receive honorary degrees at the ninth
Commencement exercises at Brandeis University on
Sunday, June 12. The theme of the 1960 Commencement
is "The Quest for Peace."
Nobel Peace Prize winners P.J.
Noel-Baker and Ralph Bunche and
world-famed artists Marian
Anderson and Marc Chagall head the
list of distinguished guests, each a
foremost authority in his field, who
have long been actively involved in
the behind-the-scenes efforts for
peace throughout the world.
Others being honored include Dr.
Clarence E. Pickett, executive
secretary emeritus of the American
Friends Service Committee; Frank
P. Graham, United Nations Repre-
sentative for India and Pakistan;
Dr. Brock Chisholm, former Di-
rector-General of the World Health
Organization; Dr. James E. Shot-
well, professor of history at
Columbia University and President
Emeritus of the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace; Dr. Joseph
J. Schwartz, Vice-President of the
State of Israel Bond Organization;
ENTERTAINER-----Emil Cohen,
comedian and raconteur, will be
featured at the Combined Jewish
Appeal Campaign Finale Thurs-
day night, May 26, at Sidney Hill
Country Club.
and Dr. Eugene I. Rabinowitch, noted
research professor at the University
of Illinois and former head of the
information section of the AEC
Laboratory in Chicago.
The Rt. Honorable Philip J. Noel-
Baker, Labor Party Spokesman for
Foreign Affairs in the British
Parliament and recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1959, will
deliver the Commencement Address
in the exercises in Adolph Ullman
Amphitheater on the Waltham
campus.
More than 300 Brandeis University
students from throughout the United
States and twelve foreign countries
will be awarded the degrees of
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts,
Master of Fine Arts, and Doctor
of Philosophy at the Commencement
exersises. Degree candidates in-
clude students from Canada, France,
Germany, Great Britian, Greece,
Hawaii, Hungary, Israel, Italy,
Korea, Morroco and Turkey.
Shapiro Asks
Final Effort
Only around the clock
effort by the volunteers
in the remaining week can
save the Combined Jewish
Appeal campaign, General
Chairman George Shapiro
announced this week.
"If we can bring in $1 million
dollars in the next few days, we will
have real cause for rejoicing at
the Campaign Finale dinner next
Thursday night, May 26, at Sidney
Hill Country Club," Chairman Sha-
piro said.
The fact that leaders in the com-
munity who are concerned with the
strength and stability of Jewish life
everywhere are responding gener-
ously was underscored at last week's
annual dinner of the Women's Wear
Division under the chairmanship of
Maxwell Shapiro.
In the final major fund raising din-
ner of the 1960 "campaign, 110
members of the industry pledged
$300,000, or ll�!o more than the men
gave a year ago. The dinner was a
"welcome home" to Mr. Maxwell
Shapiro, who presented a report on
his findings in Israel during his
recent first visit to the Holy land.
Pointing with pride to the achieve-
ments of the W o m e n^s Wear
Division, Chairman George Shapiro
stated that "although our fund rais-
ing meetings are over, we must not
lose sight of the fact that hundreds
of people have not made their con-
tributions simply because they have
not been approached. If these people
are solicited properly, I am certain
we shall achieve our objective and
raise the funds necessary to operate
our local, national, overseas and
Israeli institutions."
The Women's Wear dinner last
Thursday evening was reminiscent
of the dinners conducted for the
Combined Jewish Appeal in the mid
forties.
Women's Wear Division Chairman
Maxwell Shapiro, who returned from
his Israel visit "convinced that we
have never done enough" assured
Continued on Page Eight
Jl> We ttt. Sa
uing:
BY ROBERT E. SEGAL
When Private Censors
Alienate Good Citizens
The heartbreak that comes with the growing serious
problem created by unscrupulous magazine and book
publishers aggressively peddling smutty pictures and
reading matter to children has been � --
amply demonstrated by a symposium on
the subject recently conducted by the
Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Asso-
ciation, Massachusetts Council of Juven-
ile Court Judge, Greater Boston Council
For Youth, and the Boston College Law
School.
Students of the problem claim that the sale of black
pornography-----clearly ruled obscene and illegal by
the Supreme Court-----constitutes a $^000,000,000
Continued on Page Eight
MM